Patents by Inventor James A. Malcolm

James A. Malcolm has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6545669
    Abstract: Apparatus and process are provided for dragging or manipulating an object across a non-touch sensitive discontinuity between touch-sensitive screens of a computer. The object is selected and its parameters are stored in a buffer. The user activates means to trigger manipulation of the object from the source screen to the target screen. In one embodiment, a pointer is manipulated continuously on the source screen to effect the transfer. The object can be latched in a buffer for release on when the pointer contacts the target screen, preferably before a timer expires. Alternatively, the object is dragged in a gesture or to impinge a hot switch which, directs the computer to release the object on the target screen. In a hardware embodiment, buttons on a wireless pointer can be invoked to specify cut, copy or menu options and hold the object in the buffer despite a pointer lift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Inventors: Husam Kinawi, Kevin W. Nielson, Todd G. Simpson, James A. Malcolm
  • Patent number: 3952940
    Abstract: A container for liquids such as milk comprises an outer paperboard carton and an inner tubular liner of flexible plastic film adhered to the carton, the liner being adhered to the walls of the carton adjacent diagonally opposite corners of one end of the carton. The sidewalls of the carton adjacent one of these corners are formed with a line of weakness, the liner being adhered to the carton on either side of this line so that the corner may be lifted from the remainder of the carton to split both the carton and the liner and allow the contents of the container to be discharged from a pouring lip thus formed at the corner of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Flag Carton Corporation Ltd.
    Inventor: James A. Malcolm